When do you think B&S will be released?

Simply based on how unknown the game is in the West, I would expect it to be a while.

They have to get the hype train rolling over here and that can be a lengthy process. A few beta tests every couple of months, english gameplay videos, trailers, ect. Games just don't get popular over night, and you can guarantee they won't release until they think the game has gotten enough hype to sell.

In 6 months people will be crawling away from GW2 and Mists of Pandaria probably begging for something new. Queue B&S hype.

The localization team doesn't even have any dates for anything yet, CBT and OBT, there's still the voice cast if they are even doing it, I can see them taking their time and like its already been said, since the game is not that well know here in the west they have to build up the hype for it, so I can see them using 2013 E3 for it, so we will probably see it around the fall or later, still I hope I'm wrong.

It's not about how fast a couple of people could translate the game, it's all about bureaucracy and paper work. And guys who working on this project get they salary per month, so they not motivated to finish the project early. Just thoughts...

It's not about how fast a couple of people could translate the game, it's all about bureaucracy and paper work. And guys who working on this project get they salary per month, so they not motivated to finish the project early. Just thoughts...

This doesn't really apply since MMOs are a constant thing, and they'll still need the localization team for newer content.

I'm sharing same thoughts with Ghastly. I just recall how long I've waited for Aion the same way.
I thought it's getting better and better, but it was a huge disappointment when it came out, even though I still played it first couple months.

It was something like "Wow, it has awsome graphics and gameplay, never seen such before", and then after waiting for some time, other games start popping up, with even better graphics and gameplay. So, in the end you log in the game, that you've been waiting for so long,
but you start feeling like it's "nothing special", since your eyes got used to better stuff by now.

You can't let games sit for too long. The risk of other big name games and competition coming in to steal your thunder, ideas and beauty is too high. B&S is still the best current mmorpg but how long until something else pops up with a heavy focus on gameplay and art? A matter time.

It's a hard balancing act but my hope is that we don't have wait until late 2013.

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You can't let games sit for too long. The risk of other big name games and competition coming in to steal your thunder, ideas and beauty is too high. B&S is still the best current mmorpg but how long until something else pops up with a heavy focus on gameplay and art? A matter time.

It's a hard balancing act but my hope is that we don't have wait until late 2013.

See you in September 2013

While you are correct that there is always the threat of a new competitor, it is taken as a natural reoccuring theme of said market. Having experience with the MMO market, I just can't see this being ready by Spring or Summer of next year. There is just so much more to it than translation and localization. Heck, just use the experience from EVERY other MMO that has ever hit North America. Even when all is said and done and everything is ready to go; on launch day EVERY single MMO still has problems they don't expect.

I see a lot of people on these forums saying the NA launch doesn't need a Pre-CBT stress test and CBT and just jump straight into OBT, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Therefore, as most of us dedicated fans here have said before, a little more patience is not going to hurt anyone.

Would I like to see B&S be released ASAP? You bet. But is it currently realistic? I personally don't think so.

While you are correct that there is always the threat of a new competitor, it is taken as a natural reoccuring theme of said market. Having experience with the MMO market, I just can't see this being ready by Spring or Summer of next year. There is just so much more to it than translation and localization. Heck, just use the experience from EVERY other MMO that has ever hit North America. Even when all is said and done and everything is ready to go; on launch day EVERY single MMO still has problems they don't expect.

I see a lot of people on these forums saying the NA launch doesn't need a Pre-CBT stress test and CBT and just jump straight into OBT, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Therefore, as most of us dedicated fans here have said before, a little more patience is not going to hurt anyone.

Would I like to see B&S be released ASAP? You bet. But is it currently realistic? I personally don't think so.

BnS IS most likely going to need at least one closed beta, especially if people want it to be polished and, y'know, not buggy as hell upon release. It might not need as much prior testing as Korea had to, since we wouldn't be testing a brand new game like they were, but it's still going to need it. You know if they do skip CBT you'd have the same people wanting to skip it whining about bugs and server problems.